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Higher Ed Email Campaigns: How to Create Emails Students Want to Read

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Emails Are Still a Powerful Tool in Higher Ed Marketing In the mid-1990s, a new phrase began triggering internet users’ dopamine receptors: You’ve got mail! Outdated Email Campaign Strategies When it comes to your higher ed institution’s 2024 marketing tactics, you don’t want to be stuck in the past.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

With efforts like these gathering steam across the postsecondary landscape, it looks like higher education is in the midst of a mission shift that positions career readiness as a strategic, campuswide priority. For instance, the communication scholars Ann L. Darling and Deanna P.

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How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt-out”

EAB

Source: EAB analysis of American Community Survey data. When I worked in enrollment management, inquiries were one of the most difficult categories of students to capture and communicate with. Guests who attended open houses, or other campus events. Referrals from social services agencies and community-based organizations.

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Are you prepared to recruit ‘Gen P’?

EAB

Fortunately, we now have some hard data to turn to, thanks to the latest edition of EAB’s Student Communication Preferences Survey. We're seeing a demand to push visit events to the post-admit stage. Be sure to highlight features that most interest families, including information on job placement, internships, and career services.

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OSU Cascades integrates equitable career readiness

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Oregon State University, Cascades, is placing career-readiness competencies in the classroom and at the forefront of campus activities with its new initiative, Cascades Edge. ’” says Blair Garland, chief marketing officer and engagement officer at OSU Cascades. … How do we engage more students?’”

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Broaden advising, career services & professional development. is providing its students. “ Scholarships allow us to attract the best students from around the world, regardless of their financial or geographic background,” said Stuart Schmill ’86, dean of admissions and student financial services. Financially Sustainable.

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5 Proven Student Engagement Strategies for The Fall!

Campus Groups

Host Key Events. In addition to serving as a one-stop-shop for academic, co-curricular and student service information, the platform helps connect and engage students. However, your campus community platform is only effective if it is being used successfully. Host Key Events Events serve an educational and social function.